Superficially, Diabolic Revelation looks like
it'll be received as a "too" card, not to be
confused with the Rule of Two. That is, too
slow, too expensive, too easy to compare to
similar cheaper cards from other sets. On the
other hand, given enough mana, it basically lets
you use one card to say "Look, now I have my
entire five-card combo," which is definitely not
nothing. (Cabal Coffers, anyone?) It may also
suggest that there are things in upcoming sets
that are downright dangerous if you can search
them out for less than six mana, so keep your
eyes open.
Welcome back readers todays card of the day is
Diabolic Revelation an interesting and powerful
tutor. In standard with some of the new tools
available mono black decks may be making
resurgence and this card combined with Liliana
of The Dark Realms could be a potent force and
herald the end of the game. Outside of this
application I don’t foresee this card seeing
much play in standard. In modern you have access
to tron lands so you could potentially use this
as another finisher along with its power in mono
black. In legacy and vintage this card is pretty
slow and there exists better options although
Cabal Coffers is a card it could see some fringe
play. In casual and multiplayer this is nuts
especially in commander providing an amazing
scaling tutor that can also be combined with
classic mono black cards, Cabal Coffers(yes it
is that good), Mutilate and Damnation providing
a nice base for a mono black control deck. In
limited its decent but requires a lot of mana
and a commitment to black. Tutoring is always a
powerful strategy but this is mana intensive so
it has potential either way. Overall a card I
think will help mono black make a resurgence and
a powerful casual and commander card.
Today's card of the day is Diabolic Revelation
which is an X and five mana Black spell that
allows you to search for X cards from your
library and add them to your hand. This is
a bit too expensive to be very useful in most
Constructed formats and other options exist to
search for a key card that wouldn't cost six
mana. Where this is most useful is in
Commander to put together a complete combo of
single cards in one move, which can easily win
the game. In that regard this is very
playable card, but other formats have minimal
need for it as other tutors exist or even an X
and loss of life effect should be more
effective.
In Limited this is not a bad rare as it can
search out bombs or a situational card that will
either win the game or drastically improve your
position, but the cost likely prevents the
target or targets from being played that turn.
It isn't worth running Black if this is your top
card and is better as support in a deck that is
already strong that has another opening at the
top of the mana curve. Drafting this first
in Booster is a difficult choice as by itself it
doesn't do much, so it depends more on your play
style and interest in thinning the deck if even
slightly for the cost.
Welcome back to
Pojo.com’s card of the day section. Today we are
looking at Diabolic Revelation from M13.
Diabolic Revelation is a rare black sorcery that
costs X, three generic, and two black mana.
Diabolic Revelation lets you then search your
library for X cards and put them into your hand,
then shuffle your library.
I want to love this card, I really do. You don’t
have to reveal what you search for like some of
the Tutors, but at six mana for one card and so
on up for more, I just cannot truly love the
Diabolic Revelation. Perhaps if you are running
some form of mana ramp it is a great way to get
what you need, but it just seems too slow for
any serious contention.
